Actian to Present at Door64 Big Data & Analytics Speaker Series May8

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5/8/2013 9:16 AM

Actian to Present at Door64 Big Data & Analytics Speaker Series

Austin, Texas - May 8, 2013 - Actian Corp. ("Actian"), a next-generation leader in big data management, today announced that Jim Falgout, chief technologist for Actian Big Data and Analytics, will present at the Door64 Big Data & Analytics Speaker Series and Exhibit taking place May 10 at the St. David's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.

Falgout's presentation, titled "What do Customers Buy with Bananas? Market Basket Analysis on a Visual Hadoop Workbench" will take place from 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.  Falgout will provide examples of how retail industry stores find value in processing extremely large data sets and the requirements of new approaches and new tooling that can handle massive data sizes at scale at a reasonable cost. During the presentation, Falgout will also do a deep dive into new approaches to big data analytics using Actian RushAnalytics to do extremely large scale analyses in a simple, visual environment. Andrew Clyne, senior business leader at Visa, Bill Leake, CEO of Apogee and Paul Leury, chief technologist of Crossroads are also scheduled speakers during the series.

More information on the Door64 Big Data & Analytics Speaker Series can be found at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/5591957696.

About Door64 
Door64 is Austin's largest professional technology organization* with members from all levels of local technology companies. We are proud to be a leading conduit for relationships and communication in the Austin technology community since 2007. 

About Actian: Take Action on Big Data
Actian Corporation enables organizations to transform big data into business value with data management solutions to Connect, Analyze, and take automated Action across their business operations. Actian's innovative portfolio of solutions for big data include cloud integration for frictionless connection to any data; analytical solutions specifically engineered to handle the extreme speed and scale of data intensive computing; Action Apps for automated action on business events as they happen and managed B2B exchanges that automate business processes in select industries. Headquartered in Redwood City, Actian helps clients worldwide manage and understand their business operations through offices in Austin, New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Melbourne. Stay connected with Actian Corporation on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

*2013 Austin Business Journal Book of Lists.

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